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Support for existing businesses essential during pandemic By Ted Keenan - 31 May 2021 David Morobe, spokesperson for The Sukuma Fund. Image: SUPPLIED
Creating jobs is a major South African government focus, according to the 2018 Jobs Summit, but saving jobs in the pandemic is a more immediate and doable task, provided there are funds to prop up businesses that would be going concerns, were it not for Covid-19.
David Morobe, spokesperson for the R1bn Sukuma Fund and executive general manager of Impact Investing at Business Partners Limited, said that the average restaurant employs between 10 and 15 people, with indirect supplier jobs perhaps as high as 10 times this amount.
Relaxing of Covid rules good news, but restaurant closures won t stop - Fedhasa
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For some in the hospitality industry, the impact of an extended lockdown and a non-existent peak season will be irreparable.
The hospitality industry was thrown a lifeline on Monday evening as President Cyril Ramaphosa
announced a relaxation of lockdown regulations.
Among them, an adjusted curfew (11:00 PM And 4:00 AM) and the on-site consumption of alcohol from licensed venues during certain hours.
Speaking to CapeTalk s Africa Melane, the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa s (Fedhasa) Jeremy Clayton says it s welcome news and hopefully means business will be able to retain staff: